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Title 9 - COUNTIES, CITIES, AND OTHER LOCAL UNITSChapter 65 - GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES, CITIES, AND OTHER LOCAL UNITS
WIRELESS ENHANCED EMERGENCY 911 SYSTEMS
Section 65.7641 - Illegal use of wireless emergency telephone service - Penalties

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 65.7641

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Section 65.7641 - Illegal use of wireless emergency telephone service - Penalties

Wireless emergency telephone service shall not be used for personal use but shall be used solely for the purpose of communications by the public in emergency situations. Any person who knowingly uses or attempts to use wireless emergency telephone service for a purpose other than obtaining public safety assistance or who knowingly uses or attempts to use wireless emergency telephone service in an effort to avoid any CMRS service charges shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. If the value of the wireless emergency telephone service obtained in a manner prohibited by this section or the value of the CMRS service charges exceeds five hundred dollars ($500), the offense may be prosecuted as a Class D felony.

KRS 65.7641

Amended by 2016 Ky. Acts ch. 111,§ 13, eff. 7/14/2016.
Effective:7/15/1998
Created 1998, Ky. Acts ch. 535, sec. 11, effective7/15/1998.